Search - Far from the Madding Crowd on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1967 DVD Release: 01/27/2009 Format: DVD - Color,Letterbox for TV Edition: Dual Layered,Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 51 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 14 Genres: Drama, Romance, Romantic Drama, Period Film

This 1967 version of Thomas Hardy's novel should have done better at the box office than it did, given the star power of Julie Christie and the visual and aural fidelity to its source material. Julie Christie plays Bathsheba Everdene, a country heiress who is loved by three different men: Terence Stamp, Peter Finch and Alan Bates. Convinced that she is the intellectual superior of all three, Bathesheba loses many early opportunities for lasting happiness. Finally shedding herself of her haughty attitude, Bathsheba unconditionally accepts the love of Bates. The euphoric exuberance of Nicolas Roeg's photography is matched by the direction of John Schlesinger and the screenplay by Frederick Raphael. Only the nittiest of nitpickers would complain that some of the medium shots don't match the closeups (watch Terence Stamp's clown makeup in one scene). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Julie Christie - Bathsheba Everdene
Terence Stamp - Sgt. Troy
Peter Finch - William Boldwood
Alan Bates - Gabriel Oak
Prunella Ransome - Fanny Robin